zombies

This review comes out on Thursday in print.

Photo of Hamlet (Patrick O'Driscoll) and Claudius (Kato Bass) by Gretchen Drew

A Gutsy Hamlet
Or Not to Be turns the horror inside out
by Suzi Steffen

God, that Will Shakespeare was hilarious, wasn’t he? Especially around death. The final scene of Hamlet? Side-splitting!

Bad puns aside ... actually, bad puns not aside: John Schmor’s adaptation Or Not to Be, a collaboration between the UO theater department and the Lord Leebrick Theatre, distills both Hamlet’s humor and the play’s strong stench of the graveyard into a first-generation hybrid that needs tweaking but provides some spectacular moments.

Read more here.

Because we like to be a nice, good community newspaper (but mainly because it is National Disaster Preparedness Month; thanks Katrina!) we'd like to pass on this little opportunity press release we received in our inboxes to all you Eugeneans in need of a cause (because there are oh so many of you out there).

The Zombie Squad has arrived in Eugene!
The Zombie Squad is forming a chapter in the Eugene/Springfield area. We are looking for volunteers to assist in wiping out the scourge of the walking dead, to educate the public about the importance of personal preparedness and self reliance, and to increase its readiness to respond to a number of disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis (or zombie outbreaks).

The press release continues after the jump.